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Adjustable sight oiler with drip reservoir.
Bruno Mueller:
Hi guys
I made drip oilers for the cylinder lubrication of my various Hit & Miss engines. The material consists of brass, stainless steel and perspex tubing.
The idea came to me after I got a Musa (Retrol) HM 1 engine.
It has a small oiler for cylinder lubrication.
I took the rough dimensions from it and added a drip chamber.
I used Plexiglas tubing because it is very easy to work with.
Sealing is achieved using two thin NBR O-rings, which were inserted into the two covers.
The drip chamber was mounted together with the lower cover and the connecting tube with the addition of screw lock. The dosing needle was glued into the adjusting nut with Loctide 638.
Some pictures follow.
Bruno Mueller:
I watched my wife baking and she used a baking flavouring. It was in a small glass vial and had a very nice neck. I thought it would go very well with an oiler.
My wife left me the empty bottle. I cut the neck of the bottle on my small Emco Unimat with a small diamond grinding disc and smoothed the cut edge on a flat diamond plate.
The base plate and lid have different diameters. I used punched-out rings from a pond liner for sealing.
The basic structure corresponds to the oilers as shown above, but with different dimensions.
crueby:
Great looking oilers!
Admiral_dk:
The first Design looks Elegant and the later Design looks Victorian or should I say Older ? :ThumbsUp:
Per :cheers:
Krypto:
Nice work! I probably should make an scratch-built oiler for my next, next project and your work provides inspiration.
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